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Murder, Romance, and a Vengeful Ghost
Stop by my WordPress blog to read a Victorian ghost story just in time for Valentine's Day, And yep, it's a love story that will surely haunt. Eveline's Visitant by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Braddon is one of the finest writers of this era.
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The Lashing Dangers of Miss Northcott
Who is Miss Northcott? And why is she dangerous? Miss Northcott is not the most famous of characters in fiction, but she a character in a well-known and admired author's short story, and, this author's birth date is May 22 (today's date) in 1859.
Here's a clue: this author's most famous character has the initials S.H., and he wears a very distinguished hat!
Stop by my Reading Fiction blog and meet Miss Northcott in the short story, John Barrington Cowles. Did you guess yet?
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Here's a clue: this author's most famous character has the initials S.H., and he wears a very distinguished hat!
Stop by my Reading Fiction blog and meet Miss Northcott in the short story, John Barrington Cowles. Did you guess yet?
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Winston Churchill: Did you know he wrote fiction?
Of all the fiction writers you know, Winston Churchill is not a name that comes to mind and certainly not associated with writing mystery or horror. Stop by Tales of Terror Blog this week and find out more about the former prime minister of UK and his dabbling in fiction suspense.
Yep, I've got his short story there for you to read.
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Yep, I've got his short story there for you to read.
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Who wrote the ghost story "Miriam"? Do you know?
Do you know the famous author who wrote the ghost story "Miriam"? If you've not read this short story, you've missed a fun ride into mystery and suspense.
FREE read at Reading Fiction blog. Also 12-minute film too!
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FREE read at Reading Fiction blog. Also 12-minute film too!
Stop by Reading Fiction Blog:
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It Is the Haunted Who Haunt
We choose to be haunted by reading ghost stories. We are all haunted houses in our own minds. Elizabeth Bowen was a distinguished author of ghost stories, often compared to Henry James and Virginia Woolf for craft.
Reading Fiction Blog features this revered author this week, offering a free short story (The Demon Lover), audio and the film of her greatest novel The Last September.
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Reading Fiction Blog features this revered author this week, offering a free short story (The Demon Lover), audio and the film of her greatest novel The Last September.
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Book Review of "The Woman in the Window" by A.J. Finn
BOOK REVIEW: “The Woman in the Window” by A.J. Finn
This unreliable narrator is an alcoholic with an endearing love of Hollywood noir films. A domestic drama we’ve seen before in fiction (traumatized character turns to booze for escape), but Finn does a decent job of maintaining some suspense, even if the wine and pills scenes get tedious and the online chats test your patience. The story was too heavy on dialogue for my taste and the pace slow. This is nothing like the quality of Hitchcock’s Rear Window. Expect less. I didn’t relate to this character at all. Anna Fox just didn’t get real for me with all her overthinking, over-analyzing, and heavy describing of emotions and action. I think the writing could have been better; there were far too many flat sentence fragments (some parts overwritten) making for a choppy and distracting read. And dangling modifier at chapter opening (ex. “Wedged in the library wingback, thoughts tumbled-drying in my brain.” A heavier hand from the book editor might have helped. At the finish, the story was too depressing and didn’t deliver for me.
The Woman in the Window
This unreliable narrator is an alcoholic with an endearing love of Hollywood noir films. A domestic drama we’ve seen before in fiction (traumatized character turns to booze for escape), but Finn does a decent job of maintaining some suspense, even if the wine and pills scenes get tedious and the online chats test your patience. The story was too heavy on dialogue for my taste and the pace slow. This is nothing like the quality of Hitchcock’s Rear Window. Expect less. I didn’t relate to this character at all. Anna Fox just didn’t get real for me with all her overthinking, over-analyzing, and heavy describing of emotions and action. I think the writing could have been better; there were far too many flat sentence fragments (some parts overwritten) making for a choppy and distracting read. And dangling modifier at chapter opening (ex. “Wedged in the library wingback, thoughts tumbled-drying in my brain.” A heavier hand from the book editor might have helped. At the finish, the story was too depressing and didn’t deliver for me.
The Woman in the Window
Halloween Short Stories! FREE by famous authors
Ready for some Halloween stories? Dancing in a Circle of Skulls. A short story by H.G. Wells at Reading Fiction Blog. Audio too!
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Reading Fiction Blog has over 300 short stories, free to read, by over 160 famous contemporary and classic authors. One free short story posted every month and often with audios too. Check out the Index of Authors for lots of free reading!
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Reading Fiction Blog has over 300 short stories, free to read, by over 160 famous contemporary and classic authors. One free short story posted every month and often with audios too. Check out the Index of Authors for lots of free reading!
